CSU roundup: CSU softball team tops New Mexico State

Feb. 16, 2013

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Coloradoan staff and news services

Shae Rodriguez had a home run and drove in three runs and Ashlie Ortega also had three RBIs for the CSU softball team Saturday in a 10-9 win over host New Mexico State in the Troy Classic.

Cassy Mosser also went 3 for 5 for the Rams (5-3), who won their third consecutive game.

Emily Pohl had two hits, including a home run, and Alysa Greckel also had two hits for the Rams.

Kacie McCarthy, the second of four CSU pitchers, earned the win. McCarthy allowed eight hits and seven runs, five earned, in 4 2/3 innings.

The Rams played Missouri-Kansas City later Saturday night. Results of that game were not available at press time.

TRACK & FIELD

THREE CSU HURDLERS FINISH IN TOP FOUR ó Trevor Brown led a 2-3-4 finish by CSU athletes in the menís 60-meter hurdles at the Joe Davies Collegiate Open at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden.

Brown, the Mountain West Conference record-holder in the event, was second with a time of 7.86 seconds. CSUís Kelby Dias was third in 8.01, and Sam Saccomano was fourth in 8.27. Metro Stateís Darius Reed was the winner in 7.77.

CSUís Kara Hyde was third in the womenís 60 hurdles in 9.14.

The Rams also had two top-six finishes in the menís 60-meter dash, with Josh DeLoach finishing fifth and A.J. Whittaker sixth. Both were given the same time of 6.92 seconds.

CSUís Josephine Bush was fifth in the womenís 800 in 2:26.80, and teammate Kelsey Traxinger was sixth in 2:27.68.

Christian Meyer was sixth in the menís 3,000 in 8:58.54.

TENNIS

RAMS DROP TENNIS MATCH ó CSU players won two singles matches and one doubles contest in the Ramsí 5-2 loss to Illinois State in Lincoln, Neb.